2 files changed, 18 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/config.c b/tools/perf/util/config.c
index c8fb65d923cb..3d906dbbef74 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/config.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/config.c
@@ -594,6 +594,19 @@ static int collect_config(const char *var, const char *value,
 			goto out_free;
 	}
 
+	/* perf_config_set can contain both user and system config items.
+	 * So we should know where each value is from.
+	 * The classification would be needed when a particular config file
+	 * is overwrited by setting feature i.e. set_config().
+	 */
+	if (strcmp(config_file_name, perf_etc_perfconfig()) == 0) {
+		section->from_system_config = true;
+		item->from_system_config = true;
+	} else {
+		section->from_system_config = false;
+		item->from_system_config = false;
+	}
+
 	ret = set_value(item, value);
 	return ret;
 
@@ -602,9 +615,10 @@ out_free:
 	return -1;
 }
 
-int perf_config_set__collect(struct perf_config_set *set,
+int perf_config_set__collect(struct perf_config_set *set, const char *file_name,
 			     const char *var, const char *value)
 {
+	config_file_name = file_name;
 	return collect_config(var, value, set);
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/config.h b/tools/perf/util/config.h
index 0fcdb8c594b0..1a59a6b43f8b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/config.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/config.h
@@ -7,12 +7,14 @@
 struct perf_config_item {
 	char *name;
 	char *value;
+	bool from_system_config;
 	struct list_head node;
 };
 
 struct perf_config_section {
 	char *name;
 	struct list_head items;
+	bool from_system_config;
 	struct list_head node;
 };
 
@@ -33,7 +35,7 @@ const char *perf_etc_perfconfig(void);
 
 struct perf_config_set *perf_config_set__new(void);
 void perf_config_set__delete(struct perf_config_set *set);
-int perf_config_set__collect(struct perf_config_set *set,
+int perf_config_set__collect(struct perf_config_set *set, const char *file_name,
 			     const char *var, const char *value);
 void perf_config__init(void);
 void perf_config__exit(void);